“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” Emma Mildon www.emmamildon.com

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.” ― John Lennon

Baby John Lennon and his mother -- "Julia". She left him in the care of his Aunt Mimi, who may have been older, and more able to care for John. John wrote songs about "Julia", did PRIMAL SCREAM, named his first son after her: Julian. It was the "Depression" & actually typical for a child to have parents but find themselves partially orphaned.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney (John in rare "no glasses" moment) Johns hair is Magical Mystery Tour which was partly DURING the Sgt Pepper LP Recording, so this is just after that --- hm... your mother should know?

“I don’t think Mimi could deal with America … not New York … I keep in touch sporadically … the relationship never changes … she still thinks I’m an “idiot” who “got lucky”! -Part of John Lennon’s letter to cousin David in June 1975